Chords for The Meters "Cissy Strut" Drum Beat | Reverb Learn To Play
Tempo:
81.925 bpm
Chords used:
E
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Hey, I'm Jordan West here with Reverb at Rackstrike Studios in Chicago, and today I want to teach
you how to play Sissy Strut the right way.
Zigaboo is one of my favorite drummers.
His New Orleans inspired feel is awesome, and you can really hear it come through in Sissy Strut.
I'm sure you've all played this song about a thousand times.
[B] Sometimes what I hear is someone, you know, the groove starts and then I hear
And you know, it's [E] not wrong.
There's no wrong notes in jazz, but [N] technically it's wrong.
So the way he plays it is so great, and to me it really makes the song stand out.
So even if you want to play it the very straight-laced way, just to throw in sometimes that you actually
paid your dues and listened to his kind of linear playing is really cool.
And whenever I hear that out at a bar, it immediately makes me love the song again instead
of running away and not wanting to listen to it.
I'm going to quickly break down the A section, kind of, because there's the A section and
then there's the B section of this song, and those are basically the two parts for the drum.
So the first section is super linear.
So we've got
[E] So he does play some different variations, but that's the one I'm going to focus on teaching
you guys is the one I just played.
Once you get more comfortable with it, you can kind of do what he did and sort of add
different ghost notes, add a few open hi-hats, whatever, different inflections, but for now,
this is what we're going to work on.
So the first part.
So just play that and then kind of get comfortable with that.
Once you've got that, you're going to add on the second part.
So what's tricky about that second part is the double kick with the double hi-hat, just
one beat displaced.
So the
That.
So that might be a little difficult for you at first, but just keep working it really
slowly until you can kind of put the whole thing together.
So I'm just going to play the groove slow and kind of speed it up a little bit as I go along.
It sounds easier than I think it is.
It's still hard for me to play, and this was probably one of the first grooves I ever learned
that really like super turned me on to drums.
But yeah, just keep playing that with the record.
And he has kind of a cool thing he does where it's sort of swung, but it's kind of straight.
And playing along with the record to me is the only way to really understand that vibe
and really get that groove.
That's the number one way to practice.
If you can't do anything else, just play along to records.
Okay, so the B section is a little interesting.
And this one is not so straightforward as the A section.
So there's a lot of variation in this.
The general vibe of it, I'll just play you kind of my Meat and Potatoes simplified version
of the B section.
So clearly, he doesn't play that every time.
But if you play that over the B section, it's a good way to get started kind of getting
into that same groove that he gets into there.
Here's what I'm doing, and I'll do it really slowly.
If you can just start with the kick and the snare.
So okay, so pretty basic, but then you add the hi-hat in.
The hi-hat is another really important part of this groove.
Make sure you have it open.
I kind of leave it like half open, and I let it kind of go into the one of the next measure too.
So once you get that general vibe down, then you can start kind of doing more of what Zigaboo
does where it's a little more fluid, second line, not so static.
As long as you're kind of keeping that four and one going on the hi-hat most of the time,
and that first snare hit kind of being out of place, I think those are the important
things to get that B section really feeling groovy like how Zigaboo does it.
So that was Sissy Strut by The Meters, or at least my interpretation and how I play it.
So go out there and practice it.
Check out Reverb.com for more of these lessons if you want to learn the stuff your favorite
drummers are doing and different concepts and ideas.
It's really great.
So feel free to play along with me as I take you out with Sissy Strut.
[N]
you how to play Sissy Strut the right way.
Zigaboo is one of my favorite drummers.
His New Orleans inspired feel is awesome, and you can really hear it come through in Sissy Strut.
I'm sure you've all played this song about a thousand times.
[B] Sometimes what I hear is someone, you know, the groove starts and then I hear
And you know, it's [E] not wrong.
There's no wrong notes in jazz, but [N] technically it's wrong.
So the way he plays it is so great, and to me it really makes the song stand out.
So even if you want to play it the very straight-laced way, just to throw in sometimes that you actually
paid your dues and listened to his kind of linear playing is really cool.
And whenever I hear that out at a bar, it immediately makes me love the song again instead
of running away and not wanting to listen to it.
I'm going to quickly break down the A section, kind of, because there's the A section and
then there's the B section of this song, and those are basically the two parts for the drum.
So the first section is super linear.
So we've got
[E] So he does play some different variations, but that's the one I'm going to focus on teaching
you guys is the one I just played.
Once you get more comfortable with it, you can kind of do what he did and sort of add
different ghost notes, add a few open hi-hats, whatever, different inflections, but for now,
this is what we're going to work on.
So the first part.
So just play that and then kind of get comfortable with that.
Once you've got that, you're going to add on the second part.
So what's tricky about that second part is the double kick with the double hi-hat, just
one beat displaced.
So the
That.
So that might be a little difficult for you at first, but just keep working it really
slowly until you can kind of put the whole thing together.
So I'm just going to play the groove slow and kind of speed it up a little bit as I go along.
It sounds easier than I think it is.
It's still hard for me to play, and this was probably one of the first grooves I ever learned
that really like super turned me on to drums.
But yeah, just keep playing that with the record.
And he has kind of a cool thing he does where it's sort of swung, but it's kind of straight.
And playing along with the record to me is the only way to really understand that vibe
and really get that groove.
That's the number one way to practice.
If you can't do anything else, just play along to records.
Okay, so the B section is a little interesting.
And this one is not so straightforward as the A section.
So there's a lot of variation in this.
The general vibe of it, I'll just play you kind of my Meat and Potatoes simplified version
of the B section.
So clearly, he doesn't play that every time.
But if you play that over the B section, it's a good way to get started kind of getting
into that same groove that he gets into there.
Here's what I'm doing, and I'll do it really slowly.
If you can just start with the kick and the snare.
So okay, so pretty basic, but then you add the hi-hat in.
The hi-hat is another really important part of this groove.
Make sure you have it open.
I kind of leave it like half open, and I let it kind of go into the one of the next measure too.
So once you get that general vibe down, then you can start kind of doing more of what Zigaboo
does where it's a little more fluid, second line, not so static.
As long as you're kind of keeping that four and one going on the hi-hat most of the time,
and that first snare hit kind of being out of place, I think those are the important
things to get that B section really feeling groovy like how Zigaboo does it.
So that was Sissy Strut by The Meters, or at least my interpretation and how I play it.
So go out there and practice it.
Check out Reverb.com for more of these lessons if you want to learn the stuff your favorite
drummers are doing and different concepts and ideas.
It's really great.
So feel free to play along with me as I take you out with Sissy Strut.
[N]
Key:
E
B
E
B
E
B
E
B
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Hey, I'm Jordan West here with Reverb at Rackstrike Studios in Chicago, and today I want to teach
you how to play Sissy Strut the right way.
Zigaboo is one of my favorite drummers.
His New Orleans inspired feel is awesome, and you can really hear it come through in Sissy Strut.
I'm sure you've all played this song about a thousand times.
[B] Sometimes what I hear is someone, you know, the groove starts and then I hear_
_ _ And you know, it's [E] not wrong.
There's no wrong notes in jazz, but [N] technically it's wrong.
So the way he plays it is so great, and to me it really makes the song stand out.
So even if you want to play it the very straight-laced way, just to throw in sometimes that you actually
paid your dues and listened to his kind of linear playing is really cool.
And whenever I hear that out at a bar, it immediately makes me love the song again instead
of running away and not wanting to listen to it.
I'm going to quickly break down the A section, kind of, because there's the A section and
then there's the B section of this song, and those are basically the two parts for the drum.
So the first section is super linear.
So we've got_
_ _ _ _ [E] So he does play some different variations, but that's the one I'm going to focus on teaching
you guys is the one I just played.
Once you get more comfortable with it, you can kind of do what he did and sort of add
different ghost notes, add a few open hi-hats, whatever, different inflections, but for now,
this is what we're going to work on.
So the first part.
_ _ So just play that and then kind of get comfortable with that. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Once you've got that, you're going to add on the second part. _ _ _ _
So what's tricky about that second part is the double kick with the double hi-hat, just
one beat displaced.
So the_
That.
So that might be a little difficult for you at first, but just keep working it really
slowly until you can kind of put the whole thing together.
So I'm just going to play the groove slow and kind of speed it up a little bit as I go along. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ It sounds easier than I think it is.
It's still hard for me to play, and this was probably one of the first grooves I ever learned
that really like super turned me on to drums.
But yeah, just keep playing that with the record.
And he has kind of a cool thing he does where it's sort of swung, but it's kind of straight. _
And playing along with the record to me is the only way to really understand that vibe
and really get that groove.
That's the number one way to practice.
If you can't do anything else, just play along to records.
Okay, so the B section is a little interesting.
And this one is not so straightforward as the A section.
So there's a lot of variation in this.
The general vibe of it, I'll just play you kind of my Meat and Potatoes simplified version
of the B section. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ So clearly, he doesn't play that every time.
But if you play that over the B section, it's a good way to get started kind of getting
into that same groove that he gets into there.
Here's what I'm doing, and I'll do it really slowly.
If you can just start with the kick and the snare.
So _ okay, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ so pretty basic, but then you add the hi-hat in. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ The hi-hat is another really important part of this groove.
Make sure you have it open.
I kind of leave it like half open, and I let it kind of go into the one of the next measure too.
So once you get that general vibe down, then you can start kind of doing more of what Zigaboo
does where it's a little more fluid, second line, not so static.
As _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ long as you're kind of keeping that four and one going on the hi-hat most of the time,
and that first snare hit kind of being out of place, I think those are the important
things to get that B section really feeling groovy like how Zigaboo does it.
So that was Sissy Strut by The Meters, or at least my interpretation and how I play it.
So go out there and practice it.
Check out Reverb.com for more of these lessons if you want to learn the stuff your favorite
drummers are doing and different concepts and ideas.
It's really great.
So feel free to play along with me as I take you out with Sissy Strut.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Hey, I'm Jordan West here with Reverb at Rackstrike Studios in Chicago, and today I want to teach
you how to play Sissy Strut the right way.
Zigaboo is one of my favorite drummers.
His New Orleans inspired feel is awesome, and you can really hear it come through in Sissy Strut.
I'm sure you've all played this song about a thousand times.
[B] Sometimes what I hear is someone, you know, the groove starts and then I hear_
_ _ And you know, it's [E] not wrong.
There's no wrong notes in jazz, but [N] technically it's wrong.
So the way he plays it is so great, and to me it really makes the song stand out.
So even if you want to play it the very straight-laced way, just to throw in sometimes that you actually
paid your dues and listened to his kind of linear playing is really cool.
And whenever I hear that out at a bar, it immediately makes me love the song again instead
of running away and not wanting to listen to it.
I'm going to quickly break down the A section, kind of, because there's the A section and
then there's the B section of this song, and those are basically the two parts for the drum.
So the first section is super linear.
So we've got_
_ _ _ _ [E] So he does play some different variations, but that's the one I'm going to focus on teaching
you guys is the one I just played.
Once you get more comfortable with it, you can kind of do what he did and sort of add
different ghost notes, add a few open hi-hats, whatever, different inflections, but for now,
this is what we're going to work on.
So the first part.
_ _ So just play that and then kind of get comfortable with that. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Once you've got that, you're going to add on the second part. _ _ _ _
So what's tricky about that second part is the double kick with the double hi-hat, just
one beat displaced.
So the_
That.
So that might be a little difficult for you at first, but just keep working it really
slowly until you can kind of put the whole thing together.
So I'm just going to play the groove slow and kind of speed it up a little bit as I go along. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ It sounds easier than I think it is.
It's still hard for me to play, and this was probably one of the first grooves I ever learned
that really like super turned me on to drums.
But yeah, just keep playing that with the record.
And he has kind of a cool thing he does where it's sort of swung, but it's kind of straight. _
And playing along with the record to me is the only way to really understand that vibe
and really get that groove.
That's the number one way to practice.
If you can't do anything else, just play along to records.
Okay, so the B section is a little interesting.
And this one is not so straightforward as the A section.
So there's a lot of variation in this.
The general vibe of it, I'll just play you kind of my Meat and Potatoes simplified version
of the B section. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ So clearly, he doesn't play that every time.
But if you play that over the B section, it's a good way to get started kind of getting
into that same groove that he gets into there.
Here's what I'm doing, and I'll do it really slowly.
If you can just start with the kick and the snare.
So _ okay, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ so pretty basic, but then you add the hi-hat in. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ The hi-hat is another really important part of this groove.
Make sure you have it open.
I kind of leave it like half open, and I let it kind of go into the one of the next measure too.
So once you get that general vibe down, then you can start kind of doing more of what Zigaboo
does where it's a little more fluid, second line, not so static.
As _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ long as you're kind of keeping that four and one going on the hi-hat most of the time,
and that first snare hit kind of being out of place, I think those are the important
things to get that B section really feeling groovy like how Zigaboo does it.
So that was Sissy Strut by The Meters, or at least my interpretation and how I play it.
So go out there and practice it.
Check out Reverb.com for more of these lessons if you want to learn the stuff your favorite
drummers are doing and different concepts and ideas.
It's really great.
So feel free to play along with me as I take you out with Sissy Strut.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _
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